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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

I present the album cover of Sia's This is Acting as evidence.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

The fact that people are arguing about over/under seasoning like there's some objective truth is more baffling to me. Seasoning levels are wholly dependent on personal preference. No one even knows how big their packets of seasoning are.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

One of them is shelf stable and much faster

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

An educated guess is still technically a guess

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree. But if I give you table sugar and you tell me it's spicy, then that's not a question of spice tolerance. You just don't know what the word spicy means.

Although, come to think of it, if you think ketchup is spicy, you may want to check if you're allergic to one of the ingredients. Regular ketchup is absolutely not spicy.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

A burden shared is a burden halved

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

It could've been worse

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You've basically just re-defined intelligence as selfishness.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

It's paid, but (at least in my case) doesn't pay that much. It's barely enough to live off of if you're really careful with your money. I wouldn't have been able to do it without accumulating significant savings beforehand.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

PhD level of sufficiently regular but transient discipline and hyperfocus.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A little bit of rubbing alcohol and it comes right off

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Implying that ketchup is spicy at all?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/55105241

Conference is at Simon Fraser University.

Two rounds of submissions. First deadline is 22 Dec 2025. Second is 13 Feb 2026.

 

Conference is at Simon Fraser University.

Two rounds of submissions. First deadline is 22 Dec 2025. Second is 13 Feb 2026.

 

Say it's 25C outside and 30C indoors. I want to bring the indoor temp down to 25C, but opening all the windows barely makes a dent. Does it make sense to have the AC turned on and set to 25C while I have the windows open? Or should I be closing them anyway?

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EWRL 2025 - Program and Accepted Papers (euro-workshop-on-reinforcement-learning.github.io)
 

RL is still nowhere near the scale where this matters, but it's always good to get an idea of how things are going to look when they inevitably reach that point.

 

Version 1.0.16

This just started yesterday. Every time I switch screens (e.g. opening/closing comments or viewing a different community), The screen changes, it swipes down to reveal the old screen, then switches back to the new screen. It's very disorienting. Anyone else or just me?

 

The Homework Machine, oh the Homework Machine,

Most perfect contraption that's ever been seen.

Just put in your homework, then drop in a dime,

Snap on the switch, and in ten seconds' time,

Your homework comes out, quick and clean as can be.

Here it is—"nine plus four?" and the answer is "three."

Three?

Oh me . . .

I guess it's not as perfect

As I thought it would be.

 

I don't know very well how the legislative process works, but to the best of my understanding, the last step involves a vote where we decide whether to pass a bill. A simple majority means it passes, otherwise it's rejected. This leads to an interesting (and possibly dangerous) dynamic where the government can be very different depending on whether or not the winning party has a majority. It means that when we have a majority, it can lead to what we call "tyranny of the majority". It also means that there's very little difference in how much influence a smaller party can have between having a single MP until the point where they can team up with another party to form a majority. It means that even if we get proportional voting for selecting MPs, we might still need to vote strategically in order to either ensure or prevent a majority government, or to encourage a specific coalition government.

Do we have any potential solutions for this? Or did I maybe misunderstand how things work and this isn't actually a problem?

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